If one asked Talon, what was perhaps the most painful mont in his life? He would've answered with no hesitation that it was his mother's death. Even though she had died weeks ago, the pain was still as vivid as the first mont he got to know about it.
That pain changed him from the ground up. It brought him a harsh realization that life wouldn't always go his way even if he worked his hardest. So things simply aren't ant to happen and one of them was him saving his mother from death in ti. That fact birthed sothing in him that he wasn't aware of.
It birthed in him a small ember of darkness, sothing he would've been repulsed by before. That ember of darkness affected his mind down to how he even fights. His swift, elegant and effective fighting style had been mixed with a strong hint of brutality.
If before Talon would just aim for a clean kill. Now, he sought more blood and death. He didn't care if he ended up completely covered in the blood of his enemies, he simply relished in that feeling without knowing it.
That feeling only grew within him with ti.
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The Sand Eaters encircled Talon as they attacked him all at the sa ti. The latter leaped high in the air as he clenched his fist. The fire burning around his hand flared up as he targeted one of the worms.
"AGH!!!" With clenched teeth, he launched a strong punch aid at the monster's body.
*BOOOOOOOOOM*
The mont his fist connected, a loud explosion erupted on top of the monster's giant body as it was blasted back with smoke rising from its body. Talon landed on the ground, only to move instantly in order to dodge a set of spikes that flew toward him. A rain of projectiles chased him wherever he went.
anwhile, the rest of the worms dove down under him as the sand started shifting quickly. Talon almost lost his balance for a mont.
But, he quickly adjusted his body and dashed away before one of the worms could swallow him from beneath. With his extrely athletic body, instantaneous movents like this even when he wasn't balanced beca very easy.
He could perform feats that a normal body would never dream of. Yet, even with that, the sheer number of monsters was slowly overwhelming him.
As he jumped in the air again to aim for another target. Talon's senses suddenly went off as he looked to the side. One of the other Sand Eaters was already a few inches away from him.
'Shit!' Cursing inwardly, Talon imdiately deactivated the Azure Flas in his left hand and activated Tear of Reality. Then, he swung his arm down.
*BOOOM*
The monster was blasted back as blood gushed out of the injury. It wiggled on the ground for a mont before it stopped moving and died. The attack had hit a very sensitive area of its body from very up close. That made the number of worms 8 after two were killed.
However, with no ti to even breathe, Talon was assaulted by another set of Spikes. He tried to dodge them all using Future Sight. But, the mont he activated it, he was suddenly assaulted with a sharp pain in his eyes as his vision turned very hazy. Swaying to the side, the spikes hit his body from the back.
"Agh!!" The young man stumbled forward before he quickly stretched his body, pushing the spikes out and started running as his aura exploded. Coating his burnt hands with Azure Flas again, he maniacally jumped in the air and punched the worm that attacked him from behind. The monster was thrown back to the ground with a loud thud.
"Hah!! Hah!! Hah!!!" Breathing heavily, Talon looked down at his abdon and left arm. Big gaping holes could be seen riddling his body and gushing dangerous amounts of blood.
'Dammit, why are these spikes so sharp? My skin doesn't even stand a chance against them.'
Blinking slightly, he started regaining his clear vision again. 'I can't use Future Sight anymore. Fuck, I think I already overused it.'
"T-Talon…" anwhile, Arryn watched the brutal fight with a terrified look on his face. Seeing Talon all bloodied and exhausted after re minutes of fighting sent a chill down his spine. He feared that the young man would die right there and then.
Even the way he swayed every-so-slightly as he tried to catch his breath was alarming.
'I-I need to do sothing! Talon will die!!' He thought to himself.
"Stay there!!"
As if Talon had read his mind, he yelled loudly with a hoarse voice. The boy imdiately froze in his place.
"This is my fight." He added after a mont. "I won't let anyone take it from ."
"..." The boy's eyes widened in shock.
He didn't expect to hear such words from Talon and yet, their effect on him was profound. For so reason, he felt like he understood why Talon said that. Even in such a disadvantageous position, his powerful presence was all present. In fact, he seed to only grow stronger the more weakened he looked.
'Amazing…' The boy blinked silently.
'If I don't break my own limit, then how am I going to get stronger?! I need these kinds of fights to get stronger... Faster than everyone else.' Closing his eyes for a mont, an image of the nightmare he had yesterday flashed across his mind.
That wicked smile of his mother's clone was still vivid in his head. For so reason, he felt that if he gave up here, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
"Fuuuh… Ok, let's get this over with." Cracking his neck, Talon focused on the fight again. The worms seed to have finally started to regain their courage and slowly moved toward him.
After seeing him kill two of their own kind, they naturally grew wary of him. But, they quickly realized that their target was weakened a lot and he was almost on the verge of dying.
'Mother, protect .' Saying a single prayer in his head, he finally dashed forward. The fire in his hands ignited to the extre as he channeled every ounce of Aetheris left in his body.
*BOOOOM*
Slamming his fist into his target, he landed on top of the worm's body. At the sa ti, the rest attacked him with flying spikes. So, he dashed across the monster's corpse before jumping again to his next target.
*BOOOM*
With one hand, he punched his target and killed them instantly and with his left hand, he used Tear Of Reality to destroy all the spikes that he couldn't dodge. Balancing these two powers together, at the sa ti was a brutal task, on top of being so painful.
He had already lost all feeling in both hands since one was burnt beyond recognition and the other was almost broken to pieces due to the continuous shredding of the fabric of reality. But, Talon didn't stop at all.
His mind was so focused on the battle that he didn't even realize that his body was on the verge of breaking down. Minutes passed like that and the fight only grew more brutal with each passing second.
The monsters continued assaulting Talon from all angles while he tried to kill them, one by one. He was blasted into the ground multiple tis, pierced by more spikes and beaten to a pulp. But, he also took down many of them on his own.
"Talon!" Acrypha watched the fight with a pale expression. This was one of the worst fights she had seen him go through so far. Not only because he was at a complete disadvantage but also because he had to keep in mind that Arryn was still there, as open as ever to attacks.
'He can't keep on going for long… And there are three left…' She frowned even harder when she realized the current condition her humans was in.
He was still standing, but she didn't even understand how he was able to keep standing. He looked like a piece of swiss cheese with how many injuries he had on him. Yet, he still didn't seem to even care at all.
The Azure Flas were still burning in his hands and he was still channeling every ounce of Aetheris he had. Even when it constantly regenerates, he would continue to use it all instantly.
'Three more…' Wiping the red and blue blood off his face, he finally took a fighting stance again.
"Talon! Behind you!" Acrypha yelled.
It took him a few seconds for his brain to snap out of the daze.
Then, as he was about to rush them, he suddenly noticed sothing. One of the worms that was aiming for him had suddenly turned around and dove underground.
'What?!'
Looking at the direction it was going for, his heart went completely cold. Arryn was sitting there.
'Oh no!!!' Realizing his blunder, Talon instantly dashed toward the boy using every point of speed he had. He crossed 30 ters almost instantly. But, he realized that the worm was way too close for him to get in ti.
"Arryn!!" Yelling loudly, everything suddenly turned slower. 'I won't make it!!' Clenching his teeth, he was about to activate sothing he had left in the back of his arsenal. For a desperate situation, desperate asures were required and this was as desperate as it could get.
'I'm such an idiot!!'
But, a split second before the worm could reach Arryn, out of nowhere, sothing fell from the sky and exploded on the monster's head. Then, a series of explosions erupted after that one that blasted the monster's body to pieces.
At the sa ti, the two worms behind him were assaulted by the sa explosives as they fell to the ground dead almost instantly.
"What?" Talon frowned as he looked up. Multiple figures flashed across his eyes as they flew in the air. 'They killed those worms instantly? Who are they?'
"Target down, Emino!" One voice said loudly with an excited laugh.
"The two over here are down too!" The other said.
"There are two more unknown individuals down there! I can see them!" A third one added.
"Let's go down first. Be careful." The man assud to be Emino declared loudly.
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